Rail-holding plate



J. HANDEN.

RAIL HOLDING PLATE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE ll, L921.

4 Patented June 6, 1922.

- BY My wn-uessss;

JAMES HANDEN, Q1 COVINGTON, KENTUCKY.

RAIL-HOLDING PLATE.

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Application filed June 11,

To all whom 2'25 may concern I Be it known that 1, JAMES HANDEN, a

' citizen of the United States, residing at Covington, in the county of Kenton and State of Kentucky, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rail Holding Plates, of which the following is a specification. 1

The object of my present invention is the provision of a rail holding plate for use in crossovers and one that is susceptible of being expeditiously and easily placed in working position, and is calculated to preclude spreading of those rails of a crossover that rest close to each other.

To the attainment of the foregoing, the invention consists in the improvement as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification Figure 1 is a plan view of my novel rail holding plate per se.

Figure 2 is a section taken through the plate in the plane indicated by the line 2-2 of Figure 1, and showing the rails as properly arranged in and on the plate so as to be strongly held by the latter against spreading or other lateral movement relatively to each other.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in both views of the drawings.

My novel plate is formed in any manner and of any metal compatible with the purpose of the invention, and it comprises among other elements a body 1 with spike holes 2 adjacent to its ends. The plate also comprises a projection 3 which is arranged by preference midway between the ends of the plate. The said projection 3 rises from the body 1 and is integral therewith, and is provided in its side edges with grooves 4 designed and adapted to receive the edge portions of rail bases 5 so as to hold the said rails against upward movement without interfering with endwise expansion and c0ntraction thereof. The said grooves 4: in the projection 3 are relatively arranged as shown to spike holes 6 which extend through the projection 3 and the body 1 and are designed for the passage of spikes 7 to connect the rails 5 and the plate together and to Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 6, 1922.

1921. Serial No. 476,889.

connect said rails 5 and the plate to a tie or ties 8 on which the plate is superimposed.

It will also be noted by comparison of Figures 1 and 2 that the spike holes 6 are in communication with notches- 6*, formed in the portions of the project-ion 3 that overhang thegrooves 4; the said notches o being materially advantageous inasmuch as they are adapted to guide the ends of spikes into the holes 6 and are also adapted to permit of the spike heads being driven downward on the rail bases so as to assist the portions overhanging the rail bases against upward movement.

In addition to the central projection 3 the plate comprises projections 9, designed and adapted to abut against the portions of the rail bases at the opposite sides of the rails, with reference to the projection 3. The said projections 9 are integral with the body 1 and are provided with spike holes 10 for the passageof spikes employed in connecting the projections 9 and the rails together and to the ties below the plate; it being understood in this connection that the holes 10 also extend through the body 1.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that plates of my invention may be made of various sizes. In other words the projection such as 3 may be made of various sizes according to the distance between the adjacent rails at the point where the plateis to be placed, and from this it follows that the projections 9 will be arranged at various distances apart. I would also have it understood that it is within the purview of my invention to employ any desired number of my improved plates in a single crossover.

on it is not feasible to employ spikes to connect the rails to the projection 3 and the plate, the grooves 4 in the projection 3 may be depended upon to strongly hold the adjacent side portions of the bases of adjoining rails. This is particularly advantageous when the rail portions are so close together that spikes cannot be driven through the holes 6.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, 1s:--

A rail holding plate for crossovers, comprising a body having spike holes spaced apart, a. projection rising from the body at said holes, and projections rising from the a point between the said spike holes and body at opposite sides of and in spaced relieving grooves in its edges and portions lotion to the first-named projection v and 10 overhanging said grooves, and notches in having spike holes.

5 the overhanging portions and extending to r In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

the edges thereof and arranged with their inner portions in VeltlCill alinement with the JAMES HAN'DEN. 

